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Employees Say Teamwork, Communication Declining in Workplace

June 24, 2008 — A nationwide survey of employee attitudes found that workers see teamwork declining throughout their organizations, as well as between departments, and that communications between departments also has fallen off since last year.

Already facing the challenges of a flagging economy, organizations must also deal with a workforce that sees declines in several key areas from 2007 to 2008. The National Employee Attitude Survey (NEAS) found that employee attitudes on companywide teamwork declined 3% from already weak numbers, with interdepartmental teamwork also declining 2%. Employee attitudes regarding communication between departments also declined 3%.

Regarding supervision, employees continued to feel that their managers were fair and even-handed. This year however, they seem a little less fair, with a 1% decline. On recognizing good work, employees gave management an almost even rating from last year. On the brighter side, workers rated their commitment to quality extremely high (but even that declined 0.5%).

Employees said they would continue to recommend their workplaces to friends and family looking for a job, although with a bit less certainty.